Adem Asil ( né: Abdelrahman Elgamal ( ar, عبد الرحمن الجمل); born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male

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. He represented Turkey at the

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and is the 2022 World Champion on still rings.

Personal life

Abdelrahman Elgamal was born in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandr ...

, Egypt on .

Gymnastics career

Representing Egypt

2017

A member of the Egyptian national team, Elgamal took part in the Paris Challenge Cup in France and the Varna Challenge Cup in Bulgaria. He later competed at the

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where he finished 37th in the all-around during qualification and did not advance to any event finals.

Representing Turkey

2018–2020

Shortly after the 2017 World Championships, Elgamal's coach announced that he was moving to Turkey and invited Elgamal to showcase himself in front of the Turkish national coaches. They were impressed with "his work ethic, his evident strength, and his unshakable belief in himself" and invited him to train with the Turkish national team. Elgamal moved to Turkey leaving his parents in Egypt while continuing training gymnastics in Turkey. After becoming a naturalized citizen in 2019 the

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approved his request for nationality change; however it wouldn't take effect until 2020. He competed for Turkey the first time at the Baku World Cup. He later was chosen to represent Turkey at the 2020 European Championships in

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. He helped Turkey win silver in the team event. Additionally he finished fourth on rings and horizontal bar.

2021

Elgamal began competing under the name Adem Asil in 2021. At the European Championships Asil finished fifth in the all-around during qualifications and therefore earned an individual Olympic berth to compete at the postponed

. He suffered an injury during the all-around final and did not finish. However he competed during the horizontal bar final and won the bronze medal behind David Belyavskiy and Andy Toba. Asil next competed at the Osijek Challenge Cup and the Doha World Cup, picking up three medals at the former. At the

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Asil qualified to the all-around, rings, and vault finals. He finished fifteenth in the all-around, seventh on rings, and sixth on vault. Asil finished the year competing at the

where he finished eleventh in the all-around.

2022

Asil started the year competing at the World Cups in Cottbus, Baku, and Osijek. He competed at the

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where he helped Turkey win gold in the team event. Individually Asil won gold in the all-around and on vault, silver on rings and horizontal bar behind İbrahim Çolak and

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respectively, and bronze on floor exercise. Asil next competed at the

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where he helped Turkey once again win gold in the team event. Individually he won gold in the all-around and on rings, silver on vault, and bronze on floor exercise. In August Asil competed at the

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. On the first day of competition Asil won bronze in the all-around behind Joe Fraser and compatriot Ahmet Önder. He helped Turkey win bronze in the team event and individually he won silver on rings behind Eleftherios Petrounias. In September Asil competed at the Paris World Challenge Cup. He won gold on both vault and rings. At the

Asil helped Turkey finish eleventh during qualifications – their highest placement in history. Individually Asil won gold on rings, earning Turkey's second gold medal on the event after İbrahim Çolak in

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Competitive history

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